Asia is seeing high consolidation of land and land reform is moving in the opposite direction, says a report by Spain-based non-profit GRAIN. Only 6...

Soon after the National Democratic Alliance government announced its ambitious Price Stabilisation Fund to contain price volatility in the domestic...

Goni bai, a woman from the Gond tribe in Madhya Pradesh, became a widow last year. Her 35-year-old husband, Lakhan, died of an unknown illness. The...

Late last year, a liquor shop owned by the Karnataka government opened in the vicinity of a school and a temple in the Hedatale panchayat which falls...

This year’s budget will be the first full year budget of the Narendra Modi government. Since it is likely to set a precedent for the next four years,...

In 2014, India was expected to bring down widespread land-related conflicts. This is because the country got a new land acquisition law in November...

India made a strong pitch for food stockpiling for public food security at the 41st session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) earlier this...

Athick haze would eclipse the sun throughout the day from late October to early November,” says Naresh Kumar of Puthar village in Haryana’s Panipat...

IN JULY 2014, the newly formed National Democratic Alliance government took a decision which did not attract much attention but is likely to have far...

The high level committee set up to look into the restructuring of Food Corporation of India has recommended reducing the number of beneficiaries under...

On December 21, 2014, the Rajasthan government passed an ordinance which barred illiterate candidates from contesting panchayat elections. Earlier...

The lot of the embattled Indian farmer only keeps on getting worse with the passage of time. In the last 10 years, the voluminous debt of Indian...